English Midterm 2007

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abhor

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to hate

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aplomb

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great self-confidence

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assuage

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to make easier

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castigate

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to punish severly

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blazon

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to display conspicuously

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prognosticate

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to predict

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enjoin

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to direct or order

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seditious

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insubordinate

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gossamer

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thin, light, delicate

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inveigh

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to make a violent attack in words

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ingratiate

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to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favoable acceptance by others

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exhort

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to urge strongly

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surreptitious

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secret

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sedulous

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persistent

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bombastic

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full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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ascribe

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to assign or refer to; attribute

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tenuous

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lacking clarity or sharpness

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abase

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to humiliate

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callow

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without experience; immature; not fully developed

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approbation

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the expression of approval or favorable opinion; praise

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ameliorate

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to improve

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caveat

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a warning or caution to prevent a misunderstanding

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malinger

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to pretend to be ill or otherwise incapacitated so as to avoid duty or work

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expiate

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to make ammends; to make up for

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expedite

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to make easy; cause to progress faster

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proclivity

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a natural or habitual inclination or tendency

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scurrilous

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coarsely abusive; foul-mouthed

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elicit

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to draw forth

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decadence

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decline; decay; deterioration

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transient

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lasting only a short time

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axiomatic

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self-evident

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affable

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courteious and pleasant; easy to speak to

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adventitious

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resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accident; not essential

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irrevocable

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incapable of being changed or being called back

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propensity

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a natural inclination or bent toward

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expostulate

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to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

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antipathy

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intense dislike

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brusque

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abrupt; blunt

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sepulchral

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funeral; typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

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fractious

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tending to be troublesome; unpredictable

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chicanery

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trickery

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vitriolic

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bitter; sarcastic

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querulous

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peevish; complaining; fretful